This is going to be a short update, as there really is nothing new to report on and I’m sure most of you have moved on from Dragonball: Evolution.
I, along with probably everyone else, haven’t heard any concrete news surrounding any future sequels or remakes for Dragonball: Evolution. Fox is clearly trying to move on for the time being. Whether or not this is unfortunate is up to you.
If there ever is a reboot, or a legitimate sequel that at least tries to improve on the original, I will do my best to update you in some way. As of now however, there’s really nothing new that’s worth getting your hopes up for.
Dragonball: Evolution made money, yes, but only enough to justify the one film. But maybe we’ll just have to wait and see…?
You know the drill. Take this with a grain of salt, Fox sucks, and so on.
After the U.S. producers experienced a major failure with the signing of Dragon Ball: Evolution, we get information from our correspondents in Miami that Dragon Ball will be restarted and not only that, but also confirmed a forthcoming trilogy.
Such confirmation said the spokesman for 20th Century Fox, Abraham Sullivan:
“If we have another movie (Dragon Ball), we are currently discussing the resumption of the trilogy” Sullivan said our correspondent.
“The only problems we have are the scripts are not finished yet and will be reviewed by our executives, as well as walk in the search for a new director to make such delivery” said the spokesman for the Fox.
So, Fox is (allegedly) discussing a reboot that would potentially kick start a trilogy. “…Cool.” This comes from a blog on HoyCinema, which is about as reliable as James Marsters.
According to James Marsters, a sequel to Dragonball: Evolution isn’t just speculation, but reality. From Civilized James:
In Spring and Summer, I’m on tour in Europe. Check for dates and ticket on www.jamesmarsters.com. And then we’ll start shooting the second Dragonball movie. (grins) I’ve just heard that I can actually tell that there is going to be a sequel.
Of course, things can always change in Hollywood, so don’t take this as the final word. Let’s just hope that if true, they treat the sequel with a lot more respect.
TheFanboyReview.com is reporting that one of the home video releases of Dragonball: Evolution will be coming out with the title “Z-Edition” tacked on. What this means is anyone’s guess, but extended and deleted scenes are likely. The DVD and Blu-Ray are expected to drop in the summer.
At the end of a rather routine TV Guide interview with James Marsters (Piccolo) on April 6th, it was revealed by the host that Justin Chatwin (Goku) had said the sequel to Dragonball: Evolution was recently green-lit.
If that’s true, it’s somewhat of a surprise the studio hasn’t decided to wait until after the movie premieres in North America. But, with the newly confirmed budget of $50 million and *SPOILER* a cliffhanger at the end of Evolution, it’s not impossible.
Watch at 4:30 mark.
What do you think the possibility of a sequel is at this point?
A newspaper in Chile ran an article on Dragonball: Evolution, and in it the budget of the movie was unveiled. According to the paper, the production budget was only 45 million, much less than the previous $100 million estimates. What this means is the film has already made about half its budget back in Asia alone.
There’s really no doubt now that the film will be profitable, and so sequels are a definite possibility. IGN spoke with Justin Chatwin (Goku) and James Marsters (Piccolo) who were incredibly enthusiastic about the idea… Marsters even wants 6 more films!
He went on: “All I know is I’ve been signed to three movies, but I would like to make five — seven of them. You could just pretty much paint by numbers using the wealth of source material to easily get the seven films. There’s that much there.”
Meanwhile, Chatwin is also obviously thinking about Dragonball as a series of movies, with the actor seeing Evolution as an introduction piece to the wider universe.
He said: “There’s a whole generation of kids waiting to be introduced to Dragonball, so this first movie is really important for that. I mean the main plot is the battle between Piccolo and Goku, but this first film still serves to introduce the characters and where they’re from and what they’re deals are. And so to cover that ground really takes up most of the first movie.”
He goes on: “I know what they have in store for the second one and it’s really cool! It’s more in the vein of the Dragonball saga… it goes into other places, there’s other characters, other fighters and there’s a lot of action that is just really awesome.
“It actually goes more into Dragon Ball Z land and it’s just really exciting. It goes into the whole legend of Dragonball. I cant really say more than that, but it made me think this is a cool franchise to be a part off because there’s so much we haven’t shown yet.”
Sci-FiNow talked with Justin Chatwin (Goku) who spilled to them that the sequel to Dragonball Evolution has already been written.
Dragonball: Evolution, the first live-action adaptation of the popular manga, hasn’t even hit our screens yet, but the script for a proposed sequel has already been written, according to Justin Chatwin, who plays Goku in the upcoming film.
Speaking to SciFiNow last month, the 26-year-old actor said that he was signed on for potential sequels, and that he was excited about the prospect: “If there were to be a sequel I think it… well, I know that it would go to a really interesting place, because they already have the second script written.†When pressed for details, Chatwin revealed a little more about the direction of the celluloid version of the franchise. “It’s really, really cool. The second one goes more into the whole legacy and the genealogy of Dragonball. It goes more in-depth into a real Dragonball series, the kind of intergalactic world of Dragonball.â€
dragonball.saiyanisland.com was tipped similar information earlier by a trusted scooper. The tentative title for this alleged script is Dragonball Reborn, but of course nothing has been green lit yet.
Kyle Hebert confirms via his blog that Christopher Sabat (the voice of Vegeta, Piccolo, and more in DBZ) will not be voicing Shenron in the live action movie, despite being listed on IMDB and other sites.
I ran into good ol’ Chris Sabat (DBZ director, voice of Vegeta, Yamcha, Piccolo, Mr. Pop, Shenron, etc) while I was recording at Funimation today and asked him since his name is listed on the movie’s credits on IMDB and numerous message boards have been buzzing about this for months. The answer, I was told, is no.
Kyle Hebert confirms 
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